A Florida Republican congressional candidate\u2019s campaign sign was vandalized with whiteface paint last week in a district with overwhelmingly Democratic voter registration. The attack follows a string of bias incidents against black Republicans.<\/p>\n
Glo Smith, who reports that she has also had a number of signs stolen, tells National Review Online she became aware of the racist defacement of an eight-foot-by-four-foot sign Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The sign was situated on private property in view of Interstate 10 in Jacksonville. The vandal sprayed white paint over the face of Smith, who is African-American. The paint job appears to be carefully done and leaves the eyes untouched, creating a very creepy effect.<\/p>\n
Two Republican contenders joined in deploring the racist attack, however.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe expect signs to be tampered with or stolen,\u201d Smith says, \u201cbut not to this extent.\u201d She has not reported the episode to police, but a tweet from the Smith campaign blew up over the weekend.<\/p>\n
“There have been some comments out there that this may have been caused by bigotry. This is a message that she is an African American woman who is a Republican and therefore has a white point of view.”<\/p>\n
Source: NRO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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